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FA Cup review: Chelsea 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Match reports The Guardian, Richard Williams: “Roman Abramovich stayed away from this one, preferring to spend the weekend watching teams from Israel, Russia and Ukraine compete in a friendly tournament mounted with his money. Maybe he knows more about football than we think. Back in west London there was nothing of significance to be learnt from [...]

2007

Jan

by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1733 views · 10 comments
Tagged: Brian Clough, Chelsea, Claude Makelele, Didier Drogba, FA Cup, Frank Lampard, Geremi Njitap, Jon Obi Mikel, Jose Mourinho, Lassana Diarra, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Nottingham Forest, Scott Sinclair

Letter from America: José Mourinho is our prat, God bless him

What is it with José Mourinho bashing? The latest example in our pages is to call him a prat (or rather PRAT) which according to my online dictionary, is “an incompetent, stupid, or foolish person”. I’m not personally acquainted with Mr Mourinho, but simply from observing what he has achieved, both at Chelsea and at [...]

2006

Dec

by Graham Nash · Permalink · 2019 views · 12 comments
Tagged: Alex Ferguson, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Brian Clough, Chelsea, David Moyes, Everton, Jock Stein, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Manchester United

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